Bedrock pillars and inverted crosses randomly appear throughout the world.

There is no record of an official "Alpha 0.0.0" in the Java Edition development timeline , which officially began with Alpha v1.0.0 on June 30, 2010. Disturbing Features and Gameplay

The myth surrounding Alpha 0.0.0 reportedly originated on a Russian website called , where it was hosted as a "lost" or "abandoned" version of the game. According to the lore:

The game may display popups like "Now Playing: C418 - DIE" or play distorted screams from a file allegedly called "deathscream.mp3".